1、,1 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 What is the best live performance you have ever seen? 2 In your opinion what makes a show enjoyable? 3 What kind of performances are popular with foreign tourists in China? 4 Do local people enjoy them too?,Watch a video clip of a show program and share
2、with your partner: Whether you like it or not and why? Whether you think it is popular worldwide? What makes it different from other shows?,Click to watch,Watch and Answer,The first meeting with Nanta,Language and Culture 1: Nanta,Nanta is a live show in a special theatre in Seoul, South Korea, whic
3、h combines comedy, dance, acrobatics and percussion with a story line about four cooks who unexpectedly have to prepare a wedding banquet.,Language and Culture 2: Broadway,Broadway is a street in New York. It is famous for its theatres with plays, and especially musicals, which are symbols of Americ
4、an show-business.,Watch a short video clip and answer: What do you know it is about? What you can expect from it?,Click to watch,Language and Culture 3: The Edinburgh Festival,arts and cultural events in August. combination of comedy, classical music, theatre, opera, dance and visual arts.,Edinburgh
5、 Fringe Festival: open to uninvited artists and theatre groups to perform.,Click for a glimpse into the 2010 programs,Listening and understanding,2 Listen to Passage 1 and answer the questions.,1 What was the highlight of the mans trip?2 What kind of show is Nanta?,The highlight was seeing the show
6、Nanta.,Its a live show: part theatre, part dance, part music.,Passage 1,3 What kind of music is in the show?4 When was the show first performed?5 Why are there no language barriers?6 Where is it set?,The music is a mixture of traditional Korean music, percussion and drums.,In 1997.,Because its a non
7、-verbal performance.,Its set in a kitchen.,7 What do the performers use as musical instruments?8 What does the Korean name of the show mean?,They use knives, dustbin lids and kitchen utensils.,Nanta means “random drumming” in Korean.,3 Listen to Passage 1 again and check () the true statements accor
8、ding to the passage.,Answers The true statements are: 2, 4 and 7.,Click for details,1 Nanta is a mixture of traditional Korean with a Western style performance. 3 They are preparing food for a wedding reception. 5 They give cooking lessons to the managers nephew, not to the manager. 6 They are total
9、ly involved but they dont throw food. 8 They have already appeared at the Edinburgh Festival.,Develop critical thinking,4 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 Does the introduction about Nanta in this first passage confirm or contradict your first impression on the show?,2 Do you think traditi
10、onal music and art forms can survive in the modern world? How?,5 Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss the questions.,1 What do you think the buildings are used for? 2 Do you know which countries they are in? 3 Which one do you think looks the most interesting to visit?,Click for photos,1 Th
11、eyre obviously large modern public buildings. One looks like a factory but the others could be museums. 2 I think they are in Europe, maybe Britain, France or Spain. 3 The third one because it looks more unusual and interesting.,Example answers,Listening and understanding,6 Listen to Passage 2 and m
12、ake notes in the table.,London,N.Y.,1929, reopned 2006,1997,free,20 US dollars,8 euros,4.5 million,1 million,2,3,Passage 2,7 Listen to Passage 2 again and choose the best way to complete the sentences.,Answers 1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 5 (b),8 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 Do you think ga
13、lleries and museums attract a lot of visitors?2 How could they attract more visitors, particularly young people? 3 Do you think that governments should give financial support to art galleries? Why / Why not?,Develop critical thinking,Fun activity: a spot-the-difference activity in the art gallery,St
14、udent A will work with picture 1 and student B with picture 2. Find the vocabulary items in your pictures.,You are supposed to find ten differences between two pictures of an art gallery,Procedures,Work in pairs. Describe your picture to your partner to find the differences. Dont show each other you
15、r pictures.Check the answers with the whole class, explain what each difference is.,Click for pictures,Answers 1 The abstract painting in A has four cubes but in B it has five. 2 The sculpture in A doesnt have arms but in B it does. 3 The portrait in B is upside down. 4 The landscape in A is of hill
16、s but in B it is of flat land and a windmill. 5 The still life in A is of an apple and pears but in B it is of bananas and flowers.,6 There are birds in the seascape in B but not in A. 7 In the performance art the man is sitting in the bath in A but in B hes standing in the bath. 8 In A theres an artist painting a picture but in B the artist is drawing a picture. 9 In A the curator is male but in B shes female. 10 In A theres a Van Gogh exhibition but inB it is a Picasso exhibition.,Back to questions,
